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Gifted, Yes -- But Also Underchallenged

Updated Aug. 25, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

"Gifted Students Connect Online With Colleges" (Marketplace, Aug. 19) most decidedly comes in under the good news/bad news banner. On the one hand, using technology to meet the needs of gifted students is an exciting methodology to encourage their achievement potential. That online courses offered by prestigious universities have become a popular way to learn and that gifted students, and their parents, find them useful is praiseworthy. But taking online courses runs the risk of further isolating students who may already lead isolated learning lives at their schools, through no fault of their own. While the...